I. Crom‧well, Ol‧i‧ver /ˈkrɒmwel $ ˈkrɑː-, ˈɒləvəʳ $ ˈɑːl-/
(1599–1658) an English military and political leader who led the army of Parliament against King Charles I in the English Civil War. After defeating the King, he made a republic (=a country without a king or queen) called ‘the Commonwealth’, and ruled as Lord Protector until his death.

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II. Cromwell, Thomas
(1485–1540) an English politician who became King Henry VIII's chief adviser, and made laws that gave Henry control of all the churches in England, instead of the Pope. He also organized the Dissolution of the Monasteries.

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